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<h1>Modifying properties of a selector</h1>
<h2>Prerequisites</h2>
<ul type="disc" class="whs1">
	
<li class=p><p>A selector must already be added to the document. For 
 steps, see 
<a href="Insert_a_selector.htm">Inserting a selector into a 
 document</a>.</p></li>
</ul>
<h2>To modify properties of a selector</h2>
<ol type="1" class="whs2">
	
<li class=p><p>Open the document in <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Design 
 </B></span>or <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Editable Mode</B></span>. </p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Right-click the selector to modify and select <span 
 style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Properties and Formatting</B></span>. The Properties 
 and Formatting dialog box opens.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>From the left, choose <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Selector</B></span>.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>You can change the style of the selector by choosing 
 another option from the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>DHTML</B></span> 
 <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Style</B></span> drop-down list. For a list 
 and examples of styles, see 
<a HREF="Defining_a_selector.htm">Defining 
 a selector</a>.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>For Slider, Radio Buttons, Check Boxes, and Button Bar 
 selector styles, the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Orientation</B></span> 
 option is available. You can select whether to display the selector horizontally 
 (on a single line from left to right) or vertically (in a single column).<br>

	<br>

	A selector can either filter or slice the data: </p></li>
	<ul>
<li class=p-Steps-Bulleted-1><p class=Steps-Bulleted-1>The selections 
 made in a filtering selector are used to filter the underlying dataset 
 before the metric values are aggregated at the level of the Grid/Graph 
 that is displayed in the document. To define the selector to filter data, 
 select the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Apply selections as a filter</B></span><span> 
 check box.</span></p></li>
		
<li class=p-Steps-Bulleted-1><p class=Steps-Bulleted-1>The selections 
 made in a slicing selectors are used to determine which slices of data 
 are combined and shown in the Grid/Graph. To define the selector to slice 
 data, clear the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Apply selections as a 
 filter</B></span> check box.<br>

		<br>

		For more details on the differences, including examples, see 
<a 
 href="Applying_selections_as_filters_or_slices.htm">Applying selections 
 as filters or slices</a>. <br>
&nbsp;</p></li>
	</ul>
	
<li class=p><p>For List Box (when 
<a HREF="Flash_Mode.htm">Flash Mode</a> 
 is enabled), you can allow an item to be selected if the user hovers the 
 mouse over it without clicking. By default, the user must select an item 
 to change the target of the selector. To change this behavior, select 
 the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Change Selection on Mouseover (Flash 
 Only) </B></span>check box. If the user points the mouse away from the selector 
 without clicking an item, the target reverts to its previous state.</p></li>
</ol>
<ol start="7" type="1" class="whs2">
	
<li class=p><p>By default, the selector shows the All option, which 
 allows the user to display all the attribute elements or metrics in the 
 Target at once. To disable the All option, clear the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Show 
 option for All</B></span> check box.</p></li>
</ol>
<p class="whs3"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Note</B></span>: 
 This option is not available if the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Action 
 Type</B></span> is set to <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Select Panels</B></span>, 
 or the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Style</B></span> is set to <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Slider</B></span> 
 and the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Multiselect</B></span> check box 
 is selected.</p>
<ol start="8" type="1" class="whs2">
	
<li class=p><p>By default, the All option is displayed as (All) in 
 the selector. You can overwrite this by entering text into the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Alias 
 for All</B></span> field. </p></li>
</ol>
<p class="whs3"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Note</B></span>: 
 This option is available only if <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Show 
 option for All</B></span> is selected.</p>
<ol start="9" type="1" class="whs2">
	
<li class=p><p class="whs4">By default, the user cannot 
 choose more than one item in the Slider, Listbox, Link Bar, and Button 
 Bar selector styles. To allow the user to choose multiple items in the 
 selector, select the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Allow multiple selections</B></span> 
 check box.</p></li>
</ol>
<p class="whs3">For all other styles, this check box is unavailable 
 and the option is disabled, since those styles do not support multiple 
 selections. The one exception is Check Boxes, where the option is always 
 enabled; you cannot modify this option for Check Boxes.</p>
<ol start="10" type="1" class="whs2">
	
<li class=p><p>You can determine how a target displays when no data 
 exists if the selector that you want to be automatically updated is on 
 a panel using the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Automatically update 
 when there is no data for the current selection</B></span> check box. The 
 selector that it will update must target the panel stack. For more information, 
 see 
<a href="Allowing_a_selector_to_be_updated_by_other_selectors.htm">Determining 
 how the target of a selector displays when no data exists</a>.</p></li>
	<ul>
<li style="list-style: square;" type=square class=p><p>To display 
 a message that no data is returned, clear the check box.</p></li>
		
<li style="list-style: square;" type=square class=p><p>To display 
 an item, select the check box.</p></li>
	</ul>
	
<li class=p><p>Click <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>OK</B></span> to 
 return to the document.</p></li>
</ol>
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